Sale −16%Georgian · Grade B
George II Mahogany Bureau BookcaseAttributed to Giles Grendey · c. 1750
$18,500$22,000
The Winter Curatorial Sale · Closes 30 November
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ObjectGeorge II Bureau Bookcase, c. 1750
AttributionWorkshop of Giles Grendey
ConditionGrade B — Excellent
RegistrarA. Pemberton
A. Pemberton
Registrar of Records
Letters to the Gallery
Held in Good Steed
The condition report for my client's console was accurate to the millimetre — the only deviation, a pair of later brasses, was disclosed in writing before the sale. That is how you earn a designer's trust.
Isabella Marchetti
Marchetti Interiors, Milan
The provenance dossier traced my George III bookcase to an 1847 household inventory. I have bought at auction for thirty years; few houses document like this.
J. Harrington
Private Collector, Bath
Their numismatist spotted a die variety in my grandfather's cabinet that two dealers had missed. The written report paid for itself many times over.
R. Whitaker
Numismatist, Edinburgh
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